Wire-splicer.



' No. 852.216. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

E. BOWMAN. WIRE SPLIGER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25,1906.

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WIRE-SPLICER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed May 25,1906. Serial No. 318,719.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELI BOWMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Arlington, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful W ire- Splicer, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for splicing wires, and its object is to simplify and improve devices of this character whereby two overlapping wires can be quickly and securely fastened together.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinaf ter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the device in use; Fig. 2 is a plan view; Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing a lever connected to the device; Fig. 4 is an elevation of the opposite end of the device; Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5 5, Fig. 3; and Fig. 6 is a view showing two wires which have been spliced by means of this device.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 10 is a substantially cylindrical body and the ends of this body converge toward one portion of the periphery of the body, as shown particularly in Fig. 5. A passage 11 extends longitudinally through the center of the body, and a groove 12 is formed longitudinally within the reduced portion of the body and extends from the periphery thereof to the passage 11, the walls of the groove diverging at their outer ends, as shown particularly in Figs. 3 and 4. Formed within one end of the body and at right angles to the passage 1]. is a transversely-disposed passage 13 which opens at its inner end into the passage 11. Another similar passage 14 is formed in the other end of the body, but this passage is open throughout its length, as shown in the drawings, and is for the purpose hereinafter set forth. Arms 15 radiate from the body 10, and if desired a tubular lever 16 may be placed on any one of these arms to facilitate the rotation of the device during the splicing operation.

WVhen it is desired to splice two wires by means of the device herein described, said Wires, which have been designated in the drawings by the numerals 17 and 18, are placed so that their ends overlap, after which they may be held by means of any suitable tool such as pliers 20. The end. 19 of one of the wires is then bent at right angles to the wire and the body is slid over the two wires so that said wires will pass into the groove 12 and the passage 11 and the out-turned end 19 will become seated within the passage 1. 3. The entire device is then rotated on the wires by means of the arms 15, and as a result of this operation, the end 19 is coiled around the wire 18. Upon the completion of this operation, the device is lifted from the wire, and the end of the other wire is bent at right angles and the device placed thereon in the manner hereinbefore de scribed, so that by rotating said device another coil will be formed and the two wires will therefore appear as shown in Fig. 6. It is, of course, to be understood that the ends of the wires can be placed in either of the passages 13 and 14. The passage 14 is left open tlu'oughout its length, however, so as to permit a wire to be bent upward thereinto in places where it is im ')ossible to slide the device downward on to the outwardly bent end. of the wire in the manner hereinbefore described.

It will be seen that this device is of very simple and inexpensive construction, and by reason of its particular form and arrangement of parts will be found convenientfor use in various positions where access with ordinary forms of splicing devices is extremely dillicult. Importance is attached to the fact that the passages 13 and 14 are in the same plane with the groove 12 because the out-turned end of a wire can thus be inserted into one of these passages while the body is being slid on to the wires.

\Vhat is claimed is 1- 1. A device of the character described comprising a body having a longitudinallyextending passage therein and a longitudinally-extending groove communicating with the passage, one end of said body having a transverselyextending passage disposed in the same plane with the longitudinal groove, and arms radiating from the body.

2. A device of the character described comprising a rotatable body having a central longitudinal passage therein, a longitudinally disposed groove extending from the outer face of the body and opening into the passage, and a transverse passage communicating With the longitudinal passage and disposed in the same plane With the longitudinal groove.

3. A device of the character described comprising a rotatable body having a longitudinally extending passage therein, and a longitudinally extending groove communicating With the passage, said body having a transversely extending passage disposed in the same plane with the longitudinal I0 groove, and means for rotating the body.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses:

' ELI BOWMAN. Witnesses:

S. M. GEARE, M. ALGE. 

